Interpol issues wanted alerts for ex-officials, executives

INTERPOL has issued international wanted person alerts - or "Red Notices" - for two former Fifa officials including Jack Warner.

The notices were issued by the international police force at the request of the US, and also include Paraguay's Nicolas Leoz, a former Fifa executive committee member and CONMEBOL president.

Red Notices are used by Interpol to inform member nations that an arrest warrant has been issued for an individual - in this case by the US Department of Justice - and "seeks the location and arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition or similar lawful action".

Interpol said it would assist national police forces in identifying or locating the individuals, but stressed that its Red Notices were not "international arrest warrants", and that the agency does not have the legal authority to send officers to arrest them.